There's a new source of information about prenatal and postpartum care at the Virginia Department of Health website. The maternal health dashboard provides data about issues related to pregnancy and resources for dealing with those issues.
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'Following the Dragon' at Jamestown Settlement shows how 17th-century colonizers weren't only fighting disease and famine. The elites were collecting porcelain from Imperial China.
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The voice of one of Virginia’s most loved and outspoken poets, Nikki Giovanni, is featured in a new multimedia art exhibit at Virginia Tech.
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Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger’s cabinet is coming into focus.Radio IQ politics analyst Jeff Schapiro and Michael Pope recap the week in politics and state government.
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The plan theorizes over $700 in savings per ratepayer by 2030.
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A new poll reveals a partisan dimension to what people think about opinion research.
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Proposed legislation would allow the National Flood Insurance Program to fund dismantling or relocating at-risk coastal structures.
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Elbit Systems of America will expand its Roanoke County manufacturing facility. The $30 million dollar expansion is expected to create nearly 300 new jobs. The news is just the latest twist at a defense-industry facility that goes back 66 years.
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Paid family and medical leave is one of the issues at the top of the agenda for Democrats who run the Virginia Senate.
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Virginia’s governor-elect, Abigail Spanberger, has asked UVA’s Board of Visitors to suspend its search for a new president. Students and faculty have joined the chorus, but as Sandy Hausman reports an official search committee says it’s pushing ahead.
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The first African slaves came to this country in 1609, and Virginia would become the center of bondage. By the 1850’s, eight to ten-thousand people were auctioned in Richmond each year. One of those sold into slavery at the age of 12 was a young woman named Mary Ann. This fall, a statue of her was unveiled in northern England.
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